Abraham Awewijn

Abraham Awewijn (16 October 1664, Amsterdam – 4 October 1721, Batavia, Dutch East Indies) was a jurist and in his time a weww-respected poet, who distinguished himsewf above his contemporary poets, as evidenced from his Zede- en Harpzangen, which had its dird printing in qwarto in 1713. But he made himsewf especiawwy vawuabwe as a writer of comedies. His pway poetry exists of:

The stywe in aww dese pways is naturaw, woose and fwowing, but some of de expressions are a bit rude, which caused dem to no wonger being pwayed. He awso knew, when needed by de subject, to express himsewf forcefuwwy. Furdermore, he has weft us a work in manuscript form which was, togeder wif de drawings for de iwwustrations, compwetewy ready for pubwishing; it was found in de rich cowwection of books by Lower Dutch poets owned by C.P.E. Robidé van der Aa, and is titwed: A. Awewyns Simmebeewden, bestaande in 22 prenten, door den schrijver uitgevonden,wijders door densewven met vaarzen en zedekundige redeneeringen op yder prent toepassewijk verrijkt, en verders gestoffeerd met veewe aanmerkewijke en gedenkwaardige awoude geschiedenissen en zinspreuken, uit aanzienwijke gewoofwaardige schrijvers en zedeweeraars getrokken, zijnde de prenten in koper gesneden door Pieter van Bergen, uh-hah-hah-hah. (A. Awewyns Simmebeewden, wif 22 iwwustrations, invented by de audor, furder enriched wif verse and decency reasonings on every iwwustration, and furder fiwwed wif many remarkabwe and memorabwe ancient histories and sayings, cuwwed from famous trustwordy writers and preachers, wif de iwwustrations engraved in copper by Pieter van Bergen.) The wast sentence seems to indicate dat onwy de deaf of Awewijn prevented de pubwication, as he had even awready hired an engraver. The prose in dis work shows de writer's great knowwedge of witerature, fun and ingeniosity, whiwe de verses beneaf each iwwustration, each time figuring monkeys as de protagonists, are not unwordy witnesses of his poetic capabiwities. Furdermore, wif J. Cowwé he adapted Tesóuro dos Vocábuwos das dúas Linguas, Portuguéza e Fwamenga. Woordenschat der twee Taawen, Portug. et Nederd. Amsterdam 1718. 8o. (Dictionary of de two wanguages, Portuguese and Dutch).